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A W A R D ● W ● We cut perfect brick, tile & other artistic patterns I N ● We do permanent color (after cleaning) N ● This week: FREE engraved borders I N with $400 purchase. G 50¢ YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER November 21, 2007 Zoo Calendars on sale at GB News 932-88986 WEEKEND Rendering courtesy of Moulton Properties, Inc. Weather THURSDAY 11/22 Partly Cloudy O Will Chick-fil-A join Publix? high 67 low 51O ● Agent with Durney Properties. “We are in conversations know,” he said, “but it does Construction moves quickly; Sea “We already have three inline with Chick-fil-A as well many make perfect sense. It’d be a FRIDAY restaurants and only one outpar- other interested parties for the great store - right across from 11/23 Shell Collections set to open in April cel restaurant space available. last outparcel,” Durney says. the high school and in the heart Mostly Sunny VICI PAPAJOHN surrounding the potential ten- We have 11 restaurant-type Steven Gossman, of Gulf Breeze.” high 70O Gulf Breeze News ants surge as well. users that want the area and we Owner/Operator of Chick-fil-A The inline restaurants “I have received 104 letters low 55O [email protected] can only have four total in on Bayou Boulevard in include Island Grille, an upscale of inquiry on only 22 shop accordance with the agreement Pensacola, said he knew nothing concept with a local partner and As the physical evidence of spaces in Sea Shell with Publix.The one outparcel is of a store coming to Gulf a big partner out of Chicago; the Sea Shell Collections SATURDAY 11/24 Collections,” explains Matt all that is left to lease to another Breeze. another upscale grill that has a Shopping Center grows, rumors Durney, Exclusive Leasing See PUBLIX Partly Cloudy restaurant.” “I think I’d be the first to , Page 2A6 high 68O low 55O October temperatures soar Deputies search SUNDAY 11/25 for stolen boat Sunny STAFF REPORTS O STAFF REPORTS high 65 Gulf Breeze News O [email protected] Gulf Breeze News low 50 [email protected] You weren’t alone if you thought last month was a little warmer than Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office deputies are INSIDE usual. asking local residents to be on the lookout According to data released by the for a boat stolen in Northern Santa Rosa National Oceanic and Atmospheric County last week. Business 8A Administration (NOAA), temperatures On Nov. 11, employees at Blackwater Classifieds 3D in October were the ninth warmest on Sport Boats reported a white 2004 Allison Community 3-5&7A record for the contiguous U.S., and XB2003 bass fishing boat equipped with a Crossword 3B especially warm in the Northeast, 225 horsepower Mercury motor stolen from Editorial 6A where five states had their warmest their sales lot in Jay. Also reported missing Faith 7A October on record. was a blue Boatmaster trailer with an Island News 1B The Pensacola Bay area saw tem- expired Florida tag with the license number Obituaries 4A peratures as high as 90 degrees last G50PHU. Schools 7C month, according to the National Witnesses reported that suspects in a Seniors 4B Weather Service office website. The white sport utility vehicle hooked up to the Sports 1-7C average temperature last month was trailer and left westbound on Highway 4 at a Talk of the Town 5A Graphic courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminsitration 81.5 degrees. high rate of speed. Thanksgiving Tips 1D According to data kept by the federal government since 1895, temperatures The January-October 2007 U.S. Anyone with information about the crime “Mailing Statement is on in October 2007 were the ninth warmest on record. The graphic above or the missing vessel is asked to call the Editorial Page” depicts extreme weather worldwide reported last month. See TEMPS, Page 2A6 sheriff's office at 850-983-1191 or Crime Stoppers at 850-437-7867. FOUR SECTIONS VOL. 6, NO. 47 NOVEMBER 21, 2007 Permanent GB license office opens Grants boost STAFF REPORTS Gulf Breeze News Midway FD [email protected] BY PAM BRANNON The Florida Department of Highway Safety Gulf Breeze News home! and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) celebrated the [email protected] opening of a new office last month during a ribbon cutting ceremony. The first month of the new budget year is under the Midway Fire District's belt and fire your “The people of Gulf Breeze needed a new office, and after months of hard work from commissioners reviewed an accounting of DHSMV members, they now have it,” said expenses and revenues closely at their meet- DHSMV Executive Director Electra Bustle. ing last week. “We are excited about the opportunity to bet- "We have to keep close eye on each ter serve our customers. Our customers month's bottom line this year to make sure we expect excellence from us and with our new can make it through the budget year," treasur- office we can now help customers have a pos- er Clyde Broome pointed out. itive experience when doing business with the Last month the district responded to 154 Call 932-8986 today Call 932-8986 today Department.” calls. To cover those calls, they paid out The old Gulf Breeze office was destroyed Submitted photo $61,707 in salaries for the month. Their total Pictured along with DHSMV employees are Mayor Lane Gilchrist, by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. As the people of expenses for October 2007 were $482,518. In County Commissioner John Broxson and Director of the Division of Enjoy your community paper community your Enjoy mailed directly to mailed directly See DHSMV, Page 2A6 Driver Licenses Sandra Lambert. See MIDWAY, Page 2A6 Your family can help SAVE... Your $75 family membership can help save their family. The ZOO Join online at www.thezoonorthwestflorida.org of Northwest Florida. or dial 932-2229 to charge your membership today! GULF BREEZE NEWS (850) 932-8986 www.gulfbreezenews.com 2A November 21, 2007 GULF BREEZE NEWS PUBLIX: GB offers exceptional demographic Continued from page 1A ■ Vick’s Cleaners graphics in Gulf Breeze are like Some franchisees have asked Additionally, An upscale those in West Palm or Boca for anonymity, according to local presence; and a third slot woman’s store from the Destin Raton. When core concentration Durney. Wednesday, Nov. 21 Santa Rosa will be filled by Camille’s area will fill 3,500 square foot studies were done, Publix “We will have an upscale day No meetings scheduled Sidewalk Cafe, a tenant that has Republican store space. showed they’d pull customers spa and are currently negotiating as of press time Women’s Network never opened in Northwest Durney is very upbeat on the from Scenic Highway and with two more. An upscale chil- Meeting, 11:30 Florida. value of the Gulf Breeze demo- Summit Boulevard.” dren’s party place like one we Thursday, Nov. 22 a.m., IHOP, 2548 “They (Camille’s Sidewalk graphic. Durney reported that many have in Destin is coming and we All government offices Gulf Breeze Cafe) are out of prime demo- “I was involved with Destin conversations began with pre- are in talks with Aveda closed for the Parkway, Gulf Thanksgiving Holiday. Breeze. graphics in south and central Commons and Shops at Paradise mier stores with Pensacola loca- Corporate. We also will have a Guest speaker will Florida, and they only open in Isle and I have done all the big tions. wireless store. All the big guys be Santa Rosa Annual Thanksgiving such areas,” Durney said. County Property boxes locally since 1985 and I’m “Once they realized that one want to be there. And, we will Celebration, 1 p.m., Gulf Appraiser Greg Other confirmed tenants a member of the International third of their sales come from have an upscale, cutting edge Breeze United Methodist Brown. include: Church Community Life Council of Shopping Centers Gulf Breeze, two of the stores eyeglass center with optometric All Republican ■ Center, Soundside Drive at Life is good Genuine (ICSC). At Seashell Collections, had to revisit the idea of moving services,” he said. women are invited to Neighborhood Shops we are doing nontraditional into Gulf Breeze or they would What will happen to Bruno’s? Highway 98, Gulf Breeze. attend. For more information or ■ Two local realtors upscale tenants. Publix is a have cannibalized their own “Publix is called a category Call Jody at 850- ■ to volunteer, contact Terrye 934-0285 to RSVP. Publix Liquor Store unique grocer and the demo- Pensacola location,” Durney said. killer,” Durney says. Takacs at 850-932-3594 to volunteer Santa Rosa School Board Meeting, 10 Friday, Nov. 23 a.m., School District TEMPS: October’s wild weather breaks records No meetings scheduled Administrative Offices, as of press time 5086 Canal Street, Continued from page 1A average temperature of just and ocean surface temperature mum sustained winds near 50 Milton over 80 degrees. for October was the sixth mph. The storm caused wide- Saturday, Nov. 24 temperature was the ninth Delaware, Maryland, New warmest on record, 0.88 spread floods, prompted land- Wednesday, Nov. 28 warmest since national records No meetings scheduled Jersey, Pennsylvania, and degrees above the 20th centu- slides across the island of as of press time City of Gulf Breeze began in 1895, according to Rhode Island had their ry mean. For the January- Hispaniola, and claimed more Executive Committee scientists at NOAA’s National warmest October on record, October year-to-date period, than 140 lives in the Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Gulf Climatic Data Center in Sunday, Nov. 25 Breeze City Hall, 1070 and the Northeast overall its the global land surface temper- Dominican Republic and Haiti.